Illinois · Public charity
World Business Chicago
WORLD BUSINESS CHICAGO is the city of chicago's public-private economic development agency. Our mission is to drive inclusive economic growth and job creation, support business, and promote chicago as a leading global city.
- $28k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations World Business Chicago funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $445k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $445k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $369k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.0M | 40% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1.9M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Labs Nfp Inc | $745,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Future Founders Foundation | $670,000 | 3 | 44% |
| Bethel New Life Inc | $645,000 | 3 | 10% |
| The Magnificent Mile Association | $506,178 | 1 | 22% |
| City of Chicago | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Regional Growth Corporation | $433,237 | 1 | 43% |
| Blue 1647 Nfp | $318,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Allies for Community Business Inc | $261,800 | 1 | 3% |
| Chicago Loop Alliance Foundation | $192,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership | $151,790 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Labs Nfp Inc | $745,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Future Founders Foundation | $670,000 | 3 | 44% |
| Bethel New Life Inc | $645,000 | 3 | 10% |
| The Magnificent Mile Association | $506,178 | 1 | 22% |
| City of Chicago | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Regional Growth Corporation | $433,237 | 1 | 43% |
| Blue 1647 Nfp | $318,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Allies for Community Business Inc | $261,800 | 1 | 3% |
| Chicago Loop Alliance Foundation | $192,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership | $151,790 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Women's Business Development Center | $125,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Civic Consulting Alliance | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Skills for Chicago | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ui Labs Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Arts Alliance | $80,548 | 1 | 3% |
| The Michaels Develp Co I LP | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scalelit Fka Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Onechicagofund | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community Cbcac | $48,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Cara Program | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Celadon Construction Corporation Nfp | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dl3 Realty Advisors LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Booth Hansen Ltd | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brooks Scarpa Arch Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seek Design & Architecture Pllc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Community Builders Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| John Ronan Architect LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizens Bldng a Better Comm LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elizabeth L Carter Esq LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| LaSalle Street Revival | $25,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Grainne Sculpture Maintenance Endowment Nfp | $20,068 | 1 | n/a |
| Valerio Dewalt Train Associates Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Puerto Rican Cultural Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Blend Group Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Municipo Autonomu De Comerio | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Help Heroes of Ukraine Inc Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Municipio De Loiza | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Socialworks | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Somebody Help US Alguien Ayudenos Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Latent Design Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Revived Soldiers Ukraine | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Westside Health Authority | $7,365 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
World Business Chicago supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Coleman Foundation Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership · Tides Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · The Allstate Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation
How this is measured
About World Business Chicago
- How much does World Business Chicago give?
- World Business Chicago reported 1 itemized grants totaling $25,000, out of $27,585 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does World Business Chicago fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (74%), Public Benefit (10%), Employment (9%).
- Who are World Business Chicago's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bunker Labs Nfp Inc ($745k), Future Founders Foundation ($670k), Bethel New Life Inc ($645k).
- Does World Business Chicago fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as World Business Chicago?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Coleman Foundation Inc.
- Where is World Business Chicago based?
- World Business Chicago is based in IL.
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